Hard cider contest set for Castleton

Goold Orchards & Brookview Station Winery, Rensselaer County´s only winery, will host its first hard cider contest in conjunction with the Hennessey Home Brew Emporium of Rensselaer.

The event, at 1297 Brookview Station Road, Castleton, is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22. Entries will close Nov. 18. Prizes will be awarded. After 3 p.m. the day of the competition, the public will be able to sample the entries and vote for a people’s choice award.

“Goold’s will be selling unpreserved cider for fermenting at $5 per gallon. Please drop off your food grade container with your name and phone number. Our cider master will fill your container when he presses. We press weekly and sometimes twice a week.”